Maroon-tailed parakeet
| Maroon-tailed parakeet | |
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| Subspecies P. m. melanura | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Pyrrhura |
| Species: | P. melanura
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrrhura melanura (Spix, 1824)
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The maroon-tailed parakeet (Pyrrhura melanura) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Subspecies[]
- P. m. berlepschi Salvadori, 1891
- P. m. chapmani Bond & de Schauensee, 1940
- P. m. melanura (Spix, 1824)
- P. m. pacifica Chapman, 1915
- P. m. souancei (J. Verreaux, 1858)
Maroon-tailed Parakeet, P. m. berlepschi
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2019). "Pyrrhura melanura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T155070695A155072070. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T155070695A155072070.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pyrrhura
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of the Colombian Amazon
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon
- Birds of the Peruvian Amazon
- Birds of the Venezuelan Amazon
- Birds described in 1824
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